Collapsible traveler&#39;s desk



May 4 1926. 1,583,161

is. H. MALoTT coLLAPsIBLE TRAvELERs DESK Filed July 20, 1925 77'. z LJ yINVENTOR- @60W/Whitt I rroRNEY';

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Patented May 4, 19236.

l a i125183516.1y llt-TITELg srafra i v1:' Aralar i' 'GEORGE H. MALOTT,or Los ANGELES,CALIFRNI coLLAPsrBLn raAvELEn'fs DESK.

1 'Application mea :muy 2o, massaal No. 44,8752.

To all whomzz may concer-n: l

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. MALo'rr, a citizenof the United States,and resident of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements :in a Collapsible TravelersDesk, of which the following is a specification. v

This invent-ion relates to collapsible furniture, and especially to aknock-down, portable writing table and desk. .l

An object of this invention isto'provide a writing desk and table havingdetachable legs and a collapsible pigeonhole top for the purpose ofpermitting the whole to be compactly arranged so as to be fitted 1n athin carrying case for box of handy srze.

Other objects and advantage will be made manifest in the followingspecification of an embodiment of the invention here illustrated itbeing understood that modifications, v-ariations and adaptations may beresorted to within the 'spirit of the invention as 1t here claimed. y

Figure 1 is a perspectiveof the set-up table and desk, its leafed drawerbeing ex- Figure 2 top back.

Figure 3 is a perspective of the folded pigeonhole top back.

is a perspective of the'detached,

Figure 4 is a perspective of the foldedy pigeonho-le bottom.

Figure 5 is a detail of the leg assembly.

Figure 6 is a section of a leg-post and its removed dowel.

Figure 7 is a. section of the detached leg coupling.

Figure 8 is a perspective of one of the partitions.

The device comprises a table top 2 and its permanent frame whichincludes corner post stubs 3 and side and back strips 4, and a frontdrawer rail 5.

On the rail is a slidable drawer 6 having a top leaf 7 which is hingedat 8 to allow of its being opened when the drawer is pulled out tolimit. The object and advantages of this is to increase the effectivetop area of the table and at the same time have a compartment in thedesk for various purposes and for packing desk parts in the tabledrawer.

Each corner post has a ydowel pin socket 10 to receive a long dowel pin11 which is securable by a thumb-screw 12 when the pin is insertedpreparatory tofsettling 1.-

table. Also, eachy leg-post 3 is reduced to for-m a lug. 3a to snuglyfitinto an'attachable, squa're ferrule 13 havingl a Vclamp screw 14.' A i iA set of separate legs15 'provided and each has a reduced top end 16 tosnugly lit Each leg 15 has a deepV into itsferrule 13. pin hole 17 forits half vof a dowel pin 11, and 1t has a thumb screw 18 fo-r securingthe pin when inserted. l l

The ferrule 13 is of a length equal to the total lengths of lugs 3*16 ofa leg andy leg post and the set-screw 14 is Idesigned to kclamp ontoboth and hold them assembled.

A pigeonhole top bottom having structure includes a thin halves 20-20transverselyy `hinged at 21 vto foldup and pass into drawer 6. ldhenvunfolded the bottom about equals the length of the table top 2 and itsupper face has cross-channels 22. Into these channels are adapted tostand-a series of Vertical partitions 25 suitably spaced and each havinghinges 26 foldably attaching it to a top or shelf 27, which is centrallydivided and hinged at 28.

The Aendmost partitions-25 are grooved at 2 9 in the inner faces, andthe central partition is grooved at 30 in both faces, and when thepartitions are set upas' in Fig.' 1, then a back having hinged parts 31is slipped down in the grooves 29-30 at 'the rear ends of thepartitions. Intermediate partitions 25a do not extend beyond, but abutagainst the back 31.

All of the parts are made of light material of suitable dimensiontoobtain strength.

It will bev seen that the legs 15 and the ferrules 13 can .be readilydetached to dismantle the table, and that the pigeon-hole structurecomprises a ,three-unit organization,l namely the foldable bottom 20;the foldable top and partitions 27-25,and the foldable back 31, all ofwhich, when extended are of a length greater than the drawerA 6, andwhich may be folded separately and a travellers desk, said structurebeing packable in a drawer of the desk which is of less www 2 y I Y1,583,161

length than the extended structure; said structure including a two-piecebottom having its sections hinged so as to be extended into alignment, atwo-,piece top, a series of transverse partitions for spacing the topfrom the bottom, Aand a back having tivo hinged sections unfoldable intoalignment, said back forming means to secure the bottom and the top intheir extended positions.

2. A Collapsible pigeon-hole `structure comprising a bottom havinghingedsections r unfoldable into alignment, a top having hinged sectionsunfoldable into alignment, a back having hinged sections un'oldable intoalignment, and a serles of transverse GEORGE n; imno'rfr.

